A ship run by a Spanish NGO saved
117 migrants in the Mediterranean even though it was allegedly
pursued by an armed Libyan patrol boat on Thursday, the NGO
said.
Proactiva Open Arms said it had intervened to save the
migrants, who had ended up in the seas, despite the pursuit and
also the fact that the Italian Coast Guard had allegedly
provided "confused" messages via radio.
Proactiva photographed the rescue operation and stressed that
the shipwrecked migrants had been at risk of drowning.
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